January Jewels - week one 2012!

[sooty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Morning all, I don't have time to stop long as just heard that I am needed to pick up Mr S's friend from hospital and I don't know when he is going to phone so I want to be on top of things before I have to drop everything and go.

I have read back and am blown away by this thread and all who are on it, you are such a caring sharing bunch, I am so lucky to have landed here.

I will post more fully later and comment, in fact that will keep me busy this evening, I am finding these long dark cold nights quite depressing and boring so thats my plan for later.

In the meantime have a good day everyone :l

[Rusty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Good Morning Everyone,

Wow, humpday already!

Chill-a dream about Wayne Dyer....isn't it strange how we dream about people we like when we are going through times of conflict? I also wanted to say I totally understand how the weather in Scotland can negatively affect your mood. When my sister was attending the Univ. of Oregon, she would be so depressed because it rains so much there and she was trapped in her dormroom because there was nothing fun to do outside.

Cassia-I think you're on the right track...you're young and ambitious....you have a career goal and you know the salary range needed to support kids in a lifestyle to which you want them to be accustomed. Sounds like you have everything worked out. Regarding your husbands words about having the opportunities to take things slower and you don't....well, in my opinion, people like you are the ones who are leaders....and are recognized by their companies for their initiative and work ethic. Those are excellent qualities to have. Especially now is the time to pursue your CPA, MBA and Spanish, because once you start having kids, you will have little or no time to pursue these goals. Like Chill said, when the time is right to slow down or have kids, you'll instinctively know and you won't have any second thoughts.

Sooty-I hope Mr. S's friend is ok and I'm glad you're there with him.

Ok, must work off my Christmas gluttony. I'll check in later. Have a wonderful AF Wednesday.

[rustop59]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Hi everyone

Just a quick check in to wish you all Happy Hump Day.

I have a lot of catching up to do. Hubby is working from home all this week so I cannot get into the office never mind near the computer. Oh well, looking forward to next week when things are back to normal and I can catch up with all my MWO friends. In the meantime, I am thinking of you all.

Rustop

[Lavande]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Oh yes it is 15 degrees here this morning - BRRRR!!!!!!

Happy humpday kids!
My plan for the day is a trip to Curves, then back here to respond to some business requests, get my sales tax info together & filed for the 3rd & 4th quarters (boring). Don't have to cook, going out tonight so I'm not complaining.

Better go check on my little feathered friends

Lav

[spedteach]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Just wanted to check in,
I sent that cold air your way,Lav. This morning it was a balmy 30.
I am doing okay. Son #2 of Indiana is always a pleasure to spend time with although he has gone quite vegan and is also training for the Boston Marathon. IOW, he's not eating what I want to eat. We had separate carts at the grocery yesterday.

On relapse, may have said this before, but the powerlessness I understand in AA is that the powerlessness I feel/experience is after that first drink. The first one is always my choice. Sometimes, duh, that's a choice I don't make so well.

Loving the midwest, as always. It's where I grew up and the architecture just takes me back.

Thanks for all the encouragement.

[Chillgirl]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Evening Shiney Jewels!
As promised some quotes from my new ebook:-

Too often we imagine the worst. If you're going to use your imagination, imagine GOOD things happening!

A decision is a choice to cut off all other options and follow your path with determination.

Lav - I hope dinner goes well, there is something very sweet about this strange relationship with YB.... Another great book for him would be "Excuses Begone" by Wayne but I can see he is closed to these options. I often wonder what it is in us that some of us are open to new ideas and others not.

Sped - I guess the solution is to somehow safeguard ourselves from bad choices. When I want to do something that i have niggling doubts over I make my self sit on it for a few days. If you managed this when you chose to drink you probably wouldnt. Last summer when I had stupid modding thoughts I bargined with myself that I could drink again once I'd reached my 2 year mark. Of course I long since came to my senses over that really good idea :H

LBH - when you mentioned the movie Midnight in Paris it made me think of another movie set in Paris which I loved called BEFORE SUNSET, has anyone seen it? I have within me a hopeless romantic.

We have more stormy weather here and it hasnt stopped raining all day which is now turning to sleet. Back to work with a vengence and I was crazy busy which I prefer. 26 days until I have to renew or terminate my lease, as the rental was arranged through my work I guess that also means I will have to tell them if im leaving. Please God send me wisdom! ray:

[sooty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Hello lovely jewels, it's a filthy night here again, the rain is lashing at the windows but I'm warm and cosy. I'm upstairs cos Mr S watching some boring thing downstairs, the cat is on the bed with me, the dog asleep on the floor, both daughters out, and it's all rather relaxing!

Lav I hope that you are looking forward to your evening and that you have a lovely time with your admirer. Your story will make a great romantic film, we can turn it into a script and bring in all our posts on the subject ... a sort of You've got Mail but with twist! Now who will play you I wonder? Not Meg Ryan, she's too bland!! Have a good time, will you let him hold your hand?

Chill I hope you find some wisdom and some peace of mind soon, but 26 days isn't very long to make important decisions so please don't be rushed into something you might regret. Winter won't last for ever, even Scotland will have a spring, hang on in there lovely girl, things will come right :l

Rusty - fantastic weight loss and well done on getting right back to it. I returned to exercise this week and will go to the gym tomorrow, the battle continues ....
I didn't have to pick the friend up after all, his warfarin levels were too high for them to do the procedure so he drove home. We do it all again on 18th now!
I'd be delighted to welcome you to Wales but come when it's a bit warmer

Cassia for what it's worth I don't think you are crazy, I was like you when I was young and I'm glad i tried different things while I had the energy and enthusiasm. Do you feel that you are running away or could it be that you are grabbing opportunities?

Sped enjoy your time back where you came from. I grew up in a grimy industrial town
and I love going back!

To all I've missed, it's not because I don't want to write to you, I can't scroll back on this silly iPad. Take care everyone, have a good humpday, as some of you will remember, it gave me quite a shock the first time I heard Wednesday so called :H

[papmom3]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

afternoon Jewels!! This cold/bronchitis whatever it is is really cramping my style. I feel too weak to actually do anything productive like my evals or read my book but too antsy to sleep (which would be the smart thing). I can barely talk, or breathe and there is NOTHING on TV. I am drinking green and regular tea like there is no tomorrow and I have constant hunger/cravings for carbs. DD is driving me crazy-stealing tissues and growling at Mickey constantly. Bah. i'm pissed that I had to miss quilting last nite and agility tonite and will probably not go in to either job tomorrow. sigh. Wish I could just go unconscious for a couple of days and be all better when I woke up!! I do know that my old habits would have me drinking last nite and tonite because we all know that AL kills germs!! Whew-glad those days are over!!
Chill-when that monkey mind of yours decides to get quiet for just a minute, the solution will come, I'm sure of it. I think it might be worth exploring a move to the south of the UK somewhere. It should be warmer and better weather and being a citizen should help you with job hunting. I think you've gotten some very valuable experience at the estate company and it should be transferrable. Portugal just seems so unstable right now and there is the language barrier that held you back before. At least you now know that being close to your mom and dad and sisters isn't all you imagined and that you don't need to be that close geographically to them. I agree with whoever said their non support is probably a reflection of their reluctance to lose you again. Lets see what you come up with after Startie's visit. there is still a good amount of time. :l

[sooty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

X post Papmom, I do hope you feel better very soon :l :l

[Chillgirl]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Hi Pappy - Im sending you my best positive healing vibes! I used to drink lots when I was ill with the thinking that I was going to feel like shit anyway so may as well be hungover too!! *doh* looking back, what planet did I live on??! It also took me twice as long to recover from anything than it does now which is definitely related.

Im feeling quietly confident tonight that all is in good hands and I'm soon in for more adventure.

Sooty - im curled up on the sofa with my laptop, Elle at my feet, music, candles and wind howling outside.

I think it would have to be Meryl Streep to play Lav

[spedteach]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Paps,
you eat all the carbs you want for the time being...just to get u feeling well. For me it's always buttered toast that I want when I'm feeling ill.

Hate to tell all of you suffering from the weather but Indiana is in the 40's today and hit and miss sun. Have been walking along the Wabash River for the past hour.
Maybe I could become a weather girl, taking fine weather where ever I go.
My first stop would certainly be Scotland!!

[sooty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Oh yes Meryl Streep, that's genius that is, well done Chill ... now who are we going to get to play YB? The chickens can play themselves

[sooty]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Ok Sped but after Scotland you come straight here, ok? Glad your enjoying yourself xxx

[cyntree]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

Good evening, jewels!

Pappy - sending you big get well vibes - take care!

Chill - sounds like all your guiding lights are ready to leap in and lead the way --

Lav, got you beat, woke up to 4 degrees this morning! My poor AZ dogs went out and turned around immediately and came right back in. I have been thinking about your seed catalogs...when I lived in the Midwest and was an avid gardener, the seed catalogs were like manna from heaven in January, and I would pour over them, make colored pencil drawings of my gardens on graph paper, dream of when I would wake up the overwintered geraniums, etc. I'm not sure if I ever did any of those things, although I did regularly start seeds at home. At any rate, there is a website that I think you would love, if you don't know about it yet: A Way to Garden — Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach. Margaret Roach is the author, and she does a regular radio interview spot on my beloved tiny NPR station here. I heard her first after the October storm, and she related how she spent the whole night of the storm sitting and watching over a beloved beech tree, imploring it not to fall victim to the heavy snow...I knew then that I loved her spirit. Anyway, I thought you and any other gardeners out there might really enjoy her website and blog. And if you want to hear the radio show, there is a link on her website.

HB is off on a quick overseas jaunt, I am snuggled in with the dogs and the holiday twinkle lights. Love to think of our little community here supporting us all.

[cyntree]

January Jewels - week one 2012!

OK - just had to jump back on, as the most remarkable synchronicity has just happened. Well, it seems that way to me anyway. I have never really looked at Margaret Roach's website, just listened to the radio shows, so I thought, having recommended it, that I should take a gander. OMGoodness, so much of it talks about just what our subjects are here at the moment: risk, Doing and Being, stuck-ness, embracing challenge. I won't say more, but if you are interested, check out the page about the book that she has written (And I shall have some Peace there) ...on that page, see the link to a YouTube clip of Phillipe Petit, who in 1974 walked between the Twin Towers on a tight rope. My heart is still thumping from watching it...